Around the world in 80 days [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents ; screenplay by James Poe, John Farrow and S.J. Perelman ; produced by Michael Todd ; directed by Michael Anderson.
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FilmPublisher number: 28632 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: [S.I.] Michael Todd Co. ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2004.Edition: 2 Disc special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (182 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 079078422X
- 9780790784229
- At head of title: Michael Todd's
- Around the world in eighty days
- Around the world in eighty days (Motion picture : 1956).
- Directors of photography, Lionel Lindon, William N. Williams, Stanley Horsley, Ellis Carter ; editors, Gene Ruggiero, Howard Epstein ; music by Victor Young ; choreographer and dance director, Paul Godkin ; art direction, James Sullivan, Ken Adams.
- Winner of 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture (1956)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel Around the World in 80 Days, the second film to be lensed in the wide-screen Todd-AO production. Nearly as fascinating as the finished product are the many in-production anecdotes concerning Todd's efforts to pull the wool over the eyes of local authorities in order to cadge the film's round-the-world location shots--not to mention the wheeling and dealing to convince over forty top celebrities to appear in cameo roles. David Niven heads the huge cast as ultra-precise, supremely punctual Phileas Fogg, who places a 20,000-pound wager with several fellow members of London Reform Club, insisting that he can go around the world in eighty days (this, remember, is 1872). Together with his resourceful valet Passepartout (Cantinflas), Fogg sets out on his world-girdling journey from Paris via balloon. Meanwhile, suspicion grows that Fogg has stolen his 20,000 pounds from Bank of England. Diligent Inspector Fix (Robert Newton) is sent out by the bank's president (Robert Morley) to bring Fogg to justice. Hopscotching around the globe, Fogg pauses in Spain, where Passepartout engages in a comic bullfight (a specialty of Cantinflas). In India, Fogg and Passepartout rescue young widow Princess Aouda (Shirley MacLaine, in her third film) from being forced into committing suicide so that she may join her late husband. The threesome visit Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco, and the Wild West. Only hours short of winning his wager, Fogg is arrested by the diligent Inspector Fixx. Though exonerated of the bank robbery charges, he has lost everything--except the love of the winsome Aouda. But salvation is at hand when Passepartout discovers that, by crossing the International Date Line, there's still time to reach the Reform Club. Will they make it? See for yourself. Among the film's 46 guest stars, the most memorable include Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Jose Greco, Frank Sinatra, Peter Lorre, Red Skelton, Buster Keaton, John Mills, and Beatrice Lillie. All were paid in barter--Ronald Colman did his brief bit for a new car. Newscaster Edward R. Murrow provides opening narration, and there's a tantalizing clip from Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon (1902). Offering a little something for everyone, Around the World in 80 Days is nothing less than an extravaganza, and it won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based upon a book by Jules Verne.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1956.
Special Features: Disc One: Robert Osborne (8 min.); Commentary by BBC radio's Brian Sibley [audio feature]; Introduction to 'A Trip to the Moon' by Robert Osborne (2 min.); A trip to the moon / by Georges Méliès [b&w] (1902) (12 min.); Outtakes (16 min.); Stills gallery [slide show] (12 min.); 1956 Theatrical trailer (4 min.); 1983 Re-release trailer (3 min.); DVD-ROM features [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Internet access]; Disc Two: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2 min.); Around the World of Mike Todd / directed by Saul Swimmer ; produced by Michael Todd, Jr. and Saul Swimmer ; narrated by Orson Welles [featurette, col. and b&w] (1968) (51 min.); Introduction by Robert Osborne (1 min.); Highlights from 12/23/1956 Los Angeles premier (2 min.); Introduction by Robert Osborne (1 min.); Highlights from 03/27/1957 Academy Awards ceremony (2 min.); Introduction by Robert Osborne (2 min.); Highlights from 10/17/1957 Playhouse 90 broadcast "Around the World in 90 Minutes" (47 min.); Spain greets a lovely envoy (34 sec.); Cameos [text feature].
Disc One [Part 1] (113 min.) 'A trip to the moon' Prologue -- How the Earth looks -- Reform Club -- Man for the job -- Wager -- Unpacking and packing -- Paris -- Bought: One balloon -- Aloft over France -- Spain -- Cave of the Seven Winds -- Achmed Abdullah's request -- Master bullfighter -- Passepartout triumphant -- Inspector Fix -- Fogg Fix-ation -- Bombay by dawn -- No place to fight a bull -- India countryside -- Via elephant -- Princess in distress -- Scandalous rescue -- Kindred spirits -- This, that and t'other -- Follow that ostrich -- Farewell drink -- Yokohama-bound -- Alone in Yokohama -- Circus reunion -- Intermission.
Disc Two [Part 2] (69 min.) Entr'Acte -- Latest news -- Frisco spectacle -- Star-spangled saloon -- Ornery specimen -- Way out West by train -- Redskins! -- Rescuing Passepartout -- Prairie sail car -- Disquieting information -- Henrietta -- Stripping the ship -- Arrested and freed -- Sympathetic spirits -- Saturday! -- Race to the club -- "The End" -- End credits -- Exit music.
Directors of photography, Lionel Lindon, William N. Williams, Stanley Horsley, Ellis Carter ; editors, Gene Ruggiero, Howard Epstein ; music by Victor Young ; choreographer and dance director, Paul Godkin ; art direction, James Sullivan, Ken Adams.
Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Basil Sydney, Noel Coward, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Harcourt Williams, David Niven, Martine Carol, Fernandel, Charles Boyer, Evelyn Keyes, Jose Greco, Luis Dominguin, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Alan Mowbray, Robert Newton, Cedric Hardwicke, Melville Cooper, Reginald Denny, Ronald Colman, Robert Cabal, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Coburn, Peter Lorre, George Raft, Red Skelton, Marlene Dietrich, John Carradine, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, Tim McCoy, Joe E. Brown, Andy Devine, Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Beatrice Lillie, John Mills, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, prologue narration Edward R. Murrow, A.E. Matthews, Ronald Adam, Walter Fitzgerald, Frank Royde.
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an extremely high definition widescreen film format), the film is notable for its picturesque, exotic scenery, international cast, and the plethora of stars in cameo appearances, all highly innovative at the time.
MPAA rating: Rated G ; Canadian Home Video rating: Rated PG.
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Surround 5.1, stereo; presented in "letterbox" format preserving the aspect ratio of original widescreen theatrical presentation (2.20:1).
In English or French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed captioned in English.
Winner of 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture (1956)